A educação ambiental e a gestão dos resíduos sólidos: uma proposta para um espaço escolar

Abstract

The planet is currently going through a major socio-environmental crisis, characterized by problems that demand the indispensable need for changes in all fields, ranging from interpersonal to environmental. Several problems such as unemployment, social inequality, deforestation and loss of biodiversity are, among many others, examples that our society urgently needs to rethink values, attitudes and behaviors that have been perpetuating for years. The school is undoubtedly one of the main spaces for training and information. In this space, people interact with each other, exchanging knowledge, diversifying their thinking, speaking, and acting. This institution assumes an essential role in the formation of more conscious citizens, socially and environmentally. The present work constitutes qualitative investigative research, carried out in a basic education school of the state network, located in the interior of Alagoas, in the municipality of Pilar, and had as its guiding focus the management of its solid waste, from its generation to the final destination. The research was necessary because the school is one of the essential spaces for the formation of individuals. During the investigative process, several impasses were found regarding the management of solid waste in the institution. The school produces a large amount of organic waste every day from preparing meals and discards a significant amount of plastic packaging that stores food such as rice, beans, coffee, milk, among others. It has trash cans suitable for selective collection in its facilities, but they are not used correctly. The fundamentals of Environmental Education are worked on in elective disciplines and Integrative Projects by some professors in an effective and dynamic way, but only in a short period of time during the year. The proposal for the management of solid waste produced at Escola Estadual Oliveira e Silva has as its main references the minimization of impacts caused by the generation of solid waste during processes. The selective collection system, recycling and environmental education will be the methodologies applied using the educational principles of reduction, reuse, and recycling.